Raimund Bauer <ray007@xxxxxxx> wrote: > When trying to use gitk from current cygwin-install, I get an error-dialog > and no gitk-window. > > Error title: "Error in startup script" > Error message: > -------------------------------- > .git > 8 [main] git 1620 tty_list::allocate: No tty allocated while executing > "exec git rev-parse --git-dir" > (procedure "gitdir" line 6) > invoked from within > "gitdir" > invoked from within > "set gitdir [gitdir]" > (file "/usr/bin/gitk" line 6270) > -------------------------------- I have seen this failure before, and its usually a result of having your CYGWIN environment variable including 'notty': http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html Or maybe its the opposite. I don't have access to my Cygwin system right now, so I cannot check if I have notty, tty, or just ommitted it entirely from my CYGWIN environment varible. But I think that's the issue. -- Shawn. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html